Numbers 6:9 KJV - Bible Verse

Numbers 6:9

"And if any man die very suddenly by him, and he hath defiled the head of his consecration; then he shall shave his head in the day of his cleansing, on the seventh day shall he shave it."

Commentary

Gill's Exposition

And if any man die very suddenly by him,.... In the place where he is, whether house or field, a public or private place, in the tent where he is, as Jarchi; there are two words we render, "very suddenly", which many take to be synonymous; and that being of the same signification, two being used increase the sense, but others think they have a different meaning: the Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan render them,"suddenly through ignorance,''understanding it of a

chance matter, as when one man is killed by another, not wilfully and through malice, but without intention and design: Jarchi interprets the first of them by violence, and the latter through error or mistake, and so may include both cases; as when a man dies at once, through the force of a disease seizing him, or he is killed by the violent hands of a man, who stabs him in the presence of a Nazarite; or else when this is done ignorantly and through mistake; be it which way it will, if a Nazarite was present: and he both defiled the head of his consecration: or the consecration of his head, his Nazariteship, that is, his hair, he being polluted by the dead, through being where it was: then he shall shave his head in the day of his cleansing; which was the seventh day from his defilement, as follows: on the seventh day he shall shave it; for so many days was a person unclean that had touched a body, of had been where one was, and on the seventh day he was to be cleansed, Num 19:11 ; and this was one way of cleansing the Nazarite, cutting off his locks of hair, which were to grow long, and made him to be a Nazarite; and shave his head for his pollution by the dead, put an end to his Nazariteship; and he was obliged to begin again, and his hair being polluted, must be shaved, and new hair grow to make him a Nazarite again: thus by one single breach of the law of God a man becomes guilty of all, and liable to its curse, and his legal righteousness becomes insufficient to justify him before God, and therefore his own righteousness must be renounced by him in the business of justification; and which, Ainsworth suggests, is the mystery of the Nazarite's head being shaved when polluted.

Source: Gill's Exposition (Public Domain)

Hebrew Word Studies (16 words)

H3588 כִּי

Definition:

Phoenicianכ. Probably from the same demonstrative basis found inhere, and in certain pronouns, as Aramaicדֵּךְthis(WSG 110 f.); perhaps also ultimately akin withthat, in order that, andthen, enclitic, Phoenicianכ. Probably from the same demonstrative basis found inhere, and in certain pronouns, as Aramaicדֵּךְthis(WSG 110 f.); perhaps also ultimately akin withthat, in order that, andthen, enclitic,

Possible Meanings:

for (semantic_range)
when (semantic_range)
when (semantic_range)

H4191 מוּת

Definition:

to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill -- X at all, X crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-manc to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill -- X at all, X crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-manc

H4191 מוּת

Definition:

H5921 עַל

Definition:

“The Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters” (Genesis 1:2). From the opening verses, עַל marks God’s sovereignty above the chaotic deep, foreshadowing His orderly governance of the “The Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters” (Genesis 1:2). From the opening verses, עַל marks God’s sovereignty above the chaotic deep, foreshadowing His orderly governance of the

Possible Meanings:

upon (semantic_range)
on account of (semantic_range)
to (semantic_range)

H6621 פֶתַע

Definition:

compare Assyrianina pitti, ina pittimma,in suddenness,instantly, DlHWB 553): —Numbers 35:22. . .הֲדָפוֺ וְאִםבְּֿפֶתַעif he have thrust himin suddenness, before he is aware what he has done (i.e. acci compare Assyrianina pitti, ina pittimma,in suddenness,instantly, DlHWB 553): —Numbers 35:22. . .הֲדָפוֺ וְאִםבְּֿפֶתַעif he have thrust himin suddenness, before he is aware what he has done (i.e. acci

H6597 פִתְאוֹם

Definition:

8(see Baer)מִּתְאוֺםsubstantivesuddenness, usually asadverb accusativesuddenly(fromמֶּתַע, with the term.ם- (compareשִׁלְשֹׁם), and withעweakened toא: Sta§ 295Köii. 255 f.BaNB § 216 b); —Numbers 12:4א 8(see Baer)מִּתְאוֺםsubstantivesuddenness, usually asadverb accusativesuddenly(fromמֶּתַע, with the term.ם- (compareשִׁלְשֹׁם), and withעweakened toא: Sta§ 295Köii. 255 f.BaNB § 216 b); —Numbers 12:4א

H2930 טָמֵא

Definition:

2522t.; 3 feminine singularטָֽמְאָהLeviticus 12:22t.; 2 feminine singularטָמֵאתEzekiel 22:4; pluralטָֽמְאוּLeviticus 15:18;ImperfectיִטְמָאLeviticus 5:334t.; 3 feminine singularתִּטְמָאLeviticus 12:24 2522t.; 3 feminine singularטָֽמְאָהLeviticus 12:22t.; 2 feminine singularטָמֵאתEzekiel 22:4; pluralטָֽמְאוּLeviticus 15:18;ImperfectיִטְמָאLeviticus 5:334t.; 3 feminine singularתִּטְמָאLeviticus 12:24

Possible Meanings:

unclean (semantic_range)

H7218 רֹאשׁ

Definition:

45head(common Semitic word; earliest form *ra°š, Arabic, SabeanראסPräZMG xxix (1875). 425MordtmHim.Inschr. 31; EthiopicAmharichence (aheightened) Assyrianrêšu(rarelyrâšu), Aramaicרֵישָׁא(Egyptian Aram 45head(common Semitic word; earliest form *ra°š, Arabic, SabeanראסPräZMG xxix (1875). 425MordtmHim.Inschr. 31; EthiopicAmharichence (aheightened) Assyrianrêšu(rarelyrâšu), Aramaicרֵישָׁא(Egyptian Aram

Possible Meanings:

chief (semantic_range)
sum (semantic_range)

H5145 נֶזֶר

Definition:

18consecration, crown, Naziriteship; —׳נabsolute2 Samuel 1:10+; constructExodus 29:6+; suffixנִזֵרוֺPsalm 89:40+,נִזְרֵךְJeremiah 7:29; —1crown(sign of consecration; WeSkizzeu iii. 118compare Syriacקד 18consecration, crown, Naziriteship; —׳נabsolute2 Samuel 1:10+; constructExodus 29:6+; suffixנִזֵרוֺPsalm 89:40+,נִזְרֵךְJeremiah 7:29; —1crown(sign of consecration; WeSkizzeu iii. 118compare Syriacקד

Possible Meanings:

be a Nazarite (semantic_range)
live as a Nazarite (semantic_range)

H1548 גָּלַח

Definition:

82t.; suffixוְגִלְּחוֺconsecutive2 Samuel 14:26; 3feminine singularוְגִלְּחָהconsecutiveDeuteronomy 21:12;ImperfectיְגַלַּחLeviticus 14:9;Isaiah 7:20,יְגַלֵּחַ֑Leviticus 13:332t.,וַיְגַלַּחGenesis 41: 82t.; suffixוְגִלְּחוֺconsecutive2 Samuel 14:26; 3feminine singularוְגִלְּחָהconsecutiveDeuteronomy 21:12;ImperfectיְגַלַּחLeviticus 14:9;Isaiah 7:20,יְגַלֵּחַ֑Leviticus 13:332t.,וַיְגַלַּחGenesis 41:

Possible Meanings:

be bald (semantic_range)
shave (semantic_range)
shave off (semantic_range)
be shaven (semantic_range)
shave oneself (semantic_range)

H7218 רֹאשׁ

Definition:

Possible Meanings:

chief (semantic_range)
sum (semantic_range)

H3117 יוֹם

Definition:

5day(Late Hebrewid.; Aramaicיומָא,; Phoenicianים; MI5ימן, suffixימיGenesis 1:6;Genesis 1:9;Genesis 1:33, plural constructימיGenesis 1:8, suffix 3masculine singularימה; SI3ים; ZinjirliיוםDHMSendsch Glo 5day(Late Hebrewid.; Aramaicיומָא,; Phoenicianים; MI5ימן, suffixימיGenesis 1:6;Genesis 1:9;Genesis 1:33, plural constructימיGenesis 1:8, suffix 3masculine singularימה; SI3ים; ZinjirliיוםDHMSendsch Glo

H2893 טָהֱרָה

Definition:

42t.; constructטָהֳרַת1 Chronicles 23:28; 2Chronicles 30:19; suffixטָהֳרָתוֺLeviticus 13:77t.; —1purifying, menstruationLeviticus 12:4,5.2cleansing, purification, of leperLeviticus 13:7,35;Leviticus 1 42t.; constructטָהֳרַת1 Chronicles 23:28; 2Chronicles 30:19; suffixטָהֳרָתוֺLeviticus 13:77t.; —1purifying, menstruationLeviticus 12:4,5.2cleansing, purification, of leperLeviticus 13:7,35;Leviticus 1

H3117 יוֹם

Definition:

H7637 שְׁבִיעִי

Definition:

2+,שְׁבִעִיExodus 12:15+;feminineשְׁבִיעִיתJoshua 6:16+,Exodus 23:11+,שְׁבִעִתExodus 21:2עִית-1 Kings 18:44; 2Chronicles 23:1; —fifth, especially P; always with article:1. masculine7th dayGenesis 2:34 2+,שְׁבִעִיExodus 12:15+;feminineשְׁבִיעִיתJoshua 6:16+,Exodus 23:11+,שְׁבִעִתExodus 21:2עִית-1 Kings 18:44; 2Chronicles 23:1; —fifth, especially P; always with article:1. masculine7th dayGenesis 2:34

Possible Meanings:

seventh (semantic_range)

H1548 גָּלַח

Definition:

Possible Meanings:

be bald (semantic_range)
shave (semantic_range)
shave off (semantic_range)
be shaven (semantic_range)
shave oneself (semantic_range)

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